Based on a survey of + 250,000 women around the world, CEOWORLD magazine has released its annual ranking of the Best Countries for Women taking into consideration equal rights, gender equality social inclusion, and a sense of security in each specific country.
They considered a total of 9 attributes: gender equality, percentage of legislative seats held by women, sense of security, income equality, human rights, women empowerment, education among women, women age 25 and older who are engaged in paid work, and women’s inclusion in society.
Eight out of ten are European countries together with Canada (position 5) and New Zealand (position 8). Especially Scandinavian countries including Norway and Finland are on the top 10 of the list.
Sweden was ranked the best country in the world for women and Denmark and the Netherlands follow up in second and third place on the list.
Here are the top 60 World’s Best Countries for women in 2020
| Rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 99.7 |
| 2 | Denmark | 99.4 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 99.2 |
| 4 | Norway | 98.7 |
| 5 | Canada | 98.3 |
| 6 | Finland | 97.5 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 97.1 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 96.8 |
| 9 | France | 96.4 |
| 10 | Germany | 95.9 |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 95.7 |
| 12 | Austria | 95.2 |
| 13 | Italy | 94.8 |
| 14 | Spain | 94.4 |
| 15 | Japan | 93.69 |
| 16 | Australia | 92.08 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 91.26 |
| 18 | Portugal | 91.23 |
| 19 | Singapore | 90.68 |
| 20 | United States | 90.3 |
| 21 | Ireland | 89.67 |
| 22 | Belgium | 89.11 |
| 23 | Iceland | 88.73 |
| 24 | Poland | 88.52 |
| 25 | Monaco | 88.23 |
| 26 | San Marino | 87.76 |
| 27 | Liechtenstein | 87.64 |
| 28 | Greece | 87.62 |
| 29 | Israel | 86.85 |
| 30 | Andorra | 86.6 |
| 31 | Malta | 86.38 |
| 32 | Czech Republic | 86.02 |
| 33 | Hungary | 85.08 |
| 34 | Cyprus | 84.96 |
| 35 | Russia | 84.75 |
| 36 | Serbia | 84.64 |
| 37 | Lithuania | 84.43 |
| 38 | Mexico | 83.79 |
| 39 | Latvia | 83.39 |
| 40 | Croatia | 83.39 |
| 41 | Moldova | 83.26 |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 83.04 |
| 43 | Armenia | 82.95 |
| 44 | Albania | 82.87 |
| 45 | Kosovo | 82.8 |
| 46 | Montenegro | 82.69 |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 82.48 |
| 48 | Slovenia | 82.38 |
| 49 | India | 82.34 |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 82.24 |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 82.06 |
| 52 | Georgia | 81.93 |
| 53 | Grenada | 81.82 |
| 54 | Taiwan | 81.46 |
| 55 | Bhutan | 81.08 |
| 56 | South Korea | 80.96 |
| 57 | Philippines | 80.83 |
| 58 | Thailand | 80.78 |
| 59 | Brazil | 80.68 |
| 60 | Turkey | 80.11 |
If you are planning to move abroad and thinking about which place will be best for you, you can consider the list above and research opportunities for women’s development as well as each government’s initiatives that are taken place.
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Disgusting ! How can something like that ever be made ? They put USA above countries like Iceland … Don’t make me laugh ! USA is a farce for women. Once again people do what they want with the web ans spread misinformations
India in top 60 lamao 😂😂😂
Iam looking good women who we can invest in kenya
Did you just put india in this list? I’m a indian girl and I don’t have any kind of freedom or security in this country. Domestic violence is very normalised here. And did you also put Mexico in this? The country where 10 women are killed every day by men?
Did you seriously put india above south korea. India shouldn’t even be on the list. It was voted the worst place in sexual violence against women.
I feel India should not be in this list seriously…I LIVE IN INDIA… I agree…india is not that safe as you think guys
Well said.. even I am from India..it’s not at all meant for women
Seriously you think India should be here???? I don’t think. Because I am woman and I am still fighting for my basic likes and happiness.
TURKEY IS NOT GOOD FOR WOMEN TO LIVE IN PEACEFUL!! I LIVE IN HERE, TURKEY AND THERE IS TOO MANY PROBLEMS FOR WOMEN THAT’S WHY I’M TRYING TO GET OUT FROM HERE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.
Do not go to America! I warn you. There are only 1 laws protecting women and they are currently trying to overturn it. There are many protests to occur because of this. Its also just not safe at all.
Would be interesting to know the background of the women taken in consideration for that
I’m quite surprised Spain and Italy rank, and about U.K., USA and Ireland? I stopped watching news here in Spain for the amount of reported women killed by partners. Also, older men often ogle women here, or make hissy sounds. That’s not comfortable for women, and not very ‘advanced’.
I guess the news just shows what they want in some way right? But anyway I am Spanish and I see a huge gender gap but this another topic. Still a long way to go but there are many european initiatives going on.
the USA sucks for women as they’re taking our rights away.
Seriously, and the female reproductive rights and decisions being made by men in office… sad and maddening.
It’s very hard to see the USA in these lists. It also is a unique country in that each state has a different culture. The news doesn’t cover most of the states. They follow cities, blood and scandal. Plus the states have their own laws and they can be very different state to state. Where I live it is very safe. A bit conservative but the next town over is the opposite.